The great Joe Posnanski has a project where writers are submitting 100 word biographies of their favorite athlete.

I decided to write one:

You missed the show.

The Bad Guy said that in 2001, previewing the first line of
a Hall of Fame induction speech he’d never get to give.

He wore Ruth’s swag. Mays’s
magic. Williams’s surly. And Better than all of them.

All that purple prose about homers for sick kids and stickball
in the street once turned ballplayers into Gods, sold papers like the
Spanish-American War. Mantle was Batman;
his card in your wallet like DC Comics on your shelf.

None of that now. Nope. More homers than Babe? Than the
Hammer of Hank? Nope. Not The Bad Guy. He
ain’t Jeter.

They saw the magic pills and not the 688 intentional
walks. They saw the condescending and
not the 1.994 World Series OPS. They saw
what they wanted. Or not at all. It was an out of town show.

Where has the summer gone? As we enter the latter part of July, fantasy
football fans are really starting to prepare for their drafts. Some might blow
off preparing for something as trivial as fantasy football, but at the end of
the day people want to win. So with 2013 right around the corner, how should
you attack your draft?

The most important thing any fantasy football owner should do before
each season is judge the depth at each position. This is the best way to get
the players you want, because you can start to realize how long you can wait.

Every season running backs tend to be the biggest assets and fantasy football 2013 will be no different. Despite the
temptation of taking a marquee quarterback such as Aaron Rodgers or Drew Brees
super early, the recommendation right now is that a person drafts a running
back with their first two picks. Your league’s draft might even play out where
you should take one in the third round as well. The thought process here is,
there are about 15-20 major point producers who carry the ball this season, grab
as many as you can and plug them into the lineup every week.

After the first two rounds, things are a little more up in the air. You
can go with a third running back, but most will probably opt for a different
approach. The biggest standout when compared to the rest of the players at his
position is tight end Jimmy Graham. With Rob Gronkowski out for a while, Graham
is the only true star at tight end. He’s worth a third round pick if you can
nab him.

The third round is also a great place to get an elite wide receiver or
quarterback. Most opt to go quarterback here, as chances are at least a few of
the top five options will be available. If you are thinking wide receiver, only
Calvin Johnson, AJ Green, Dez Bryant and Brandon Marshall really make sense
here.

It is hard to predict how
the rest of the draft will go, but for the most part, you want to pick up
trusted talent early, and then swing for the fences a few times near the end of
the draft with guys who could have breakout seasons. Wait until the final two
picks to grab a defense and kicker, since so many of these options are
interchangeable. Once the draft is complete, tinker with things a bit before
setting your lineup for week one. Trust your instincts, and don’t begin
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